Welcome to Porter Public Library's online collection of local history materials, where you will discover photographs, documents, and other interesting information that help tell the history of Westlake, the Westshore region, and Cleveland. Look into the eyes of the pioneers who founded our city, the movers and shakers who made Westlake what it is today; discover the Westlake of yesteryear – the city as it once was, and see the great city that it has become and that we are proud to call "home".